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Shalabh Bharadwaj

Stockholm

Summary

Overall 20+ years of IT experience in IT Infrastructure & Digital Workplace Services.

  • Core competence in Service Delivery of Infrastructure services for Data Centre, Hybrid Cloud, End User Services and Global Service Desk
  • Budget Forecasting, P&L management, cost optimization, Automation and Innovation
  • Good in Customer Relationship building – experience of handling customers from UK, US, Australia and Europe
  • Active participation in multiple Governance bodies including Strategic, Steering, Tactical, and Contract Councils
  • Service Management, Service Level Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and Availability & Capacity Management
  • Good in people management – handled teams with diverse backgrounds, cultures, locations operating in in 24x7 environments
  • Good in coordinating with internal support functions such as Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Risk & Compliance, Talent Acquisition, Legal, Sales & Pre-Sales, Training, Project Management Office, Workforce Planning Cell, and so on

Have established as a Leader as well as a cohesive Team Player with very good communication, presentation & interpersonal skills

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate General Manager

HCL Technologies Sweden AB
01.2022 - Current

Customer: Lantmännen - Nordics Leader in Agriculture, Foods, Energy, Machinery and Real Estate

Role: Global Service Delivery Manager


Responsibilities:

  • Business Stakeholder Management for 6 different Business Units with more than 15 Solution Centers
  • Service Portfolio owner for Infrastructure, End User & Service Desk services
  • Owner of P&L and Budget for the entire engagement with customer
  • Integral member of Contractual Council and Tactical forums with customer
  • Driving Technology Innovation strategies during Transition and Transformation phase
  • Establishment of multi-lingual Service Desk to support Nordics languages
  • Escalation point for major business related issues
  • Upscaling business for customer as well as HCLTech

Group Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd
09.2016 - 12.2022

Project Name: Lantmännen - Nordics Leader in Agriculture, Foods, Energy, Machinery and Real Estate

Role: Service Delivery Manager (Offshore)


Responsibilities:

  • Lead IT operations for the customer from Offshore Delivery Center
  • Manage technical tracks supporting Infrastructure, End User & Security operations
  • Coordinate with extended arms of Shared Services to ensure smooth service delivery across the board
  • Manage Third Party contract renewals through Procurement and PMG teams
  • People Management to always ensure availability as per support window defined in contract
  • Drive Value Adds from team to benefit customer
  • First escalation point for issues or critical tasks
  • Active participation in Task Force Bridge calls for P1/P2 incidents
  • Align and Act as per the organizational targets such as Fresher Intake, Resource Optimization, etc.
  • Innovate and drive Automation to ensure operational efficiency for all tracks and customer

Senior Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd
12.2010 - 08.2016

Project Name: Saint Gobain (Construction and Glass manufacturing leader in Central Europe)

Role: Service Manager


Responsibilities:

  • Act as Service Delivery Manager for customer business units in Central Europe - Germany, Netherlands & France
  • Own and coordinate service delivery for Operational Support from Shared Delivery teams within HCL
  • Accountable for Service Level management
  • Report operational performance metrics
  • Animate Local Technical Committee, Local Operations Committee and Governance Forum
  • Participate in Strategic Forum involving leadership from both parties

Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd.
11.2009 - 11.2010

Project Name: Reed Elsevier Technology Services (RETS) (Trade Book and Magazine publisher in USA)

Role: Transition Lead


Responsibilities:

  • Lead transition for Service Desk and Wintel as part of service expansion
  • Work closely with both tracks to ensure smooth transition

Track Lead

HCL Technologies Ltd.
03.2006 - 10.2009

Project Name: DSGi – Dixons Store Group (Retail Chain giant in United Kingdom)

Role: Service Desk Track Lead


Responsibilities:

  • Lead Service Desk operations from Noida, India
  • Work as one-team with Service Desk in Chennai, India
  • Ensure all calls are handled within the Service Level targets
  • Lead and ensure quality communication from Service Desk for all P1/P2 incidents
  • Handle Incident Communication Analyst role and open bridge calls for Critical incidents

Technical Leader

EXL Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2003 - 03.2005

Process Name: Dell Technical Support for Home and Home Office users

Role: Technical Leader


Responsibilities:

  • Provide Level 2 Support to the team handling calls and Emails
  • Technical support and resolution to user problems with Dell computers within the stipulated Service Level targets
  • Manage shifts and on-call support

Technical Support Supervisor

International Computer Services
07.2001 - 06.2003

Line of Business: Computer IT hardware provider and Authorized Dealer for Protector Plus Antivirus

Role: Technical Support Supervisor


Responsibilities:

  • Support and lead the team to assemble computer parts
  • Support for Protector Plus Antivirus software installed on corporate and individual user machines

Education

Bachelor of Computer Application - Computer Engineering

Allahabad Agricultural Institute
Uttar Pradesh, India
08.2007

Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering - Software Engineering

Aptech Education
New Delhi, India
03.2004

Skills

  • Lead Generation
  • Administration and Reporting
  • Team Leadership
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
  • Cross-Functional Team Management
  • Managing Operations and Efficiency

Additional Information

  • Visa: Sweden
  • Current Work Permit: ICT
  • Validity: 14-Nov-24

Hobbies

  • Photography
  • Watching movies

Languages

Hindi
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Swedish
Elementary
A2

Certification

  • ITIL V3 Foundation

Trainings

3-Day Safe Agile Classroom Training

Timeline

Associate General Manager

HCL Technologies Sweden AB
01.2022 - Current

Group Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd
09.2016 - 12.2022

Senior Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd
12.2010 - 08.2016

Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd.
11.2009 - 11.2010

Track Lead

HCL Technologies Ltd.
03.2006 - 10.2009

Technical Leader

EXL Services Pvt. Ltd
07.2003 - 03.2005

Technical Support Supervisor

International Computer Services
07.2001 - 06.2003

Bachelor of Computer Application - Computer Engineering

Allahabad Agricultural Institute

Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering - Software Engineering

Aptech Education
Shalabh Bharadwaj